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Direct Download: Dissecting Worlds Series 10, Ep7: Fantastic Creatures Conclusions! Wrapping up their series on Fantastic Creatures the gruesome twosome invite the listeners to send in their thoughts, which means the following get discussed: * Wehlan’s Moorcock art making elves sexy (thanks…

Direct Download:Dissecting Worlds Series 10, Ep 6: Animal Men This time our hulking lizardman and tiny seagull look at animals in science fiction. So that is uplifted earth creatures and coincidentally similar aliens with special attention on: Planet of the Apes…

They’re big, scaly and terrifying! No, Matt hasn’t finally been allowed to rant about Dinosaurs, its their fictional cousins, the Dragons! Next time on Dissecting Worlds we are taking aim at these most mythic of mythic creatures, the Dragon –…

In this episode our Northern Hobgoblins debate Orcs and their place in geek fiction including: Are Orcs racist or snobbish or both? The Noble Savage Other narratives of the Lord of the Rings Glorantha’s Trolls and hateful Broo Walking bags…

Finally, the new series is almost upon us and we are starting our Tenth Series (!) with that most common of fantasy enemies, the Orc. These monsters have been hewn down in their thousands by muscular heroes over the years,…

So, with Series 9 in the bag, it’s time to formally unveil Series 10. After some discussion – and thanks for all the feedback on this – we’re going for “Fantastic Creatures”, from traditional fantasy monsters to robots and golems…